India booked their spot in the final of SAFF U-18 Championship 2019 with a comprehensive 4-0 win over Maldives in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Friday, September 27. With Narender Gahlot (7′), Manvir Singh (79′) and Ninthoinganba Meetei (81′) scored three for India, Maldives’ Ahnaf Rasheedh (45+1′) scored an own goal on …
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FIFA has been disappointed to see a number of reports in the media questioning the integrity of the voting process for The Best FIFA Football Awards. As per FIFA these reports are unfair and misleading. The voting procedure for each of the awards is supervised and monitored by an independent …
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Bengaluru FC have forged a partnership with Scottish giants Glasgow Rangers FC in a two-year collaboration (with the option to extend on mutual agreement) that will present a number of football and commercial opportunities for both clubs, the Indian Super League Champions announced on Friday, September 27. Founded in 1872 …
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Fritz Keller is the new DFB president. At the 43rd Annual General Meeting of the DFB in Frankfurt, the 62-year-old was unanimously elected as the president. All 257 delegates with the right to vote voted for Keller. Keller is the 13th president in DFB history, succeeding Reinhard Grindel, who stepped …
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FIFA Women’s Football Regional Consultant Belinda Wilson feels the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup – India will “galvanize the whole country, not just on the women’s game, but also on the men’s.” In an exclusive interaction with AIFF Media, she spoke at length about “consistency achieved in regards to …
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Bembem Devi, the most decorated woman footballer of the country, feels the robust domestic football pyramid structure has laid the “foundation stone” of the Indian Senior Women’s National Team for the future. “Tournaments such as the Senior Women’s National Football Championship lay the foundation stone for a strong Women’s National …
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An “improved” India stay keen on sustaining the momentum as they take on a “strong” Maldives in the semifinal of the SAFF U-18 Championships in Kathmandu on Friday, September 27. India, who were held to a goalless draw by Bangladesh, accounted for Sri Lanka 3-0 in their last group league …
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Around 600 guests from the worlds of sport, politics and economics were in attendance as the DFB lay the cornerstone for the construction of the new association headquarters and its academy in Frankfurt on Thursday, September 26. The special guests included German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel, who helped fill and …
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As XtraTime reports from Kolkata, city giants East Bengal Club scored a 3-2 win over Mohammedan Sporting Club in the Calcutta Football League – Premier Division ‘A’. Watch the match highlights above!
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The two-day FIFA Capacity Building Workshop for State Associations (India) kicked-off in Dwarka, New Delhi on Thursday, September 26. The workshop is being attended by representatives of 10 State Associations including Presidents/General Secretaries/Chairmans, and State Development Managers. The Capacity Building programme which falls under FIFA Forward was launched in 2018. …
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